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[shiro2hero]

has anyone ever

had an issue where a pokemon's moves stopped working on them as well?

or I guess

is anyone else having bad dreams again? Like



back in October?

[The Nightmare Forest. And all the bad dreams that started it.]

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[forsaintcecilia]

Not like back in October. What's going on?

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[shiro2hero]

That's good to hear, at least.

It's nothing major. I was just worried for a minute.

[forsaintcecilia]

Having problems with nightmares?

[shiro2hero]

Yeah.

Under control for a long time. Now... not so much.

[forsaintcecilia]

So... Your Pokemon was helping you with it until now?

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[notvaljean]

Do you need another Gastly?

[If this isn't Shiro, then Jean will rephrase. But he's pretty sure this is Shiro.]

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[shiro2hero]

Jean --

[Whoops. He... meant to keep this to text. But the voice startled him a little too much.]

No. No, it's fine.

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[notvaljean]

[Ha! Jean knew it! Called you out, Shiro!]

Uh huh.

[So fine you're making anonymous texts on the network asking for help? Sounds like bullshit, but okay.]

If Haunter can't eat all the bad dreams, maybe it needs help? I didn't dream at all when I was asleep so Gastly has been doing a good job.

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[shiro2hero]

[Dangit Jean.]

It's... fine, really. Might've been a bad night.

I was just worried October was happening again.

[... not totally a deflection.]

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[notvaljean]

[Dangit Shiro.]

You're not going around touching creepy trees, are you?

[Since that's what brought the October stuff on.]

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

I wasn't here in October but I'm guessing they weren't normal bad dreams?

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[shiro2hero]

No, they weren't.

They were more real. Harder to get rid of.

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

And these ones are like that?

Well I wasn't here for that. But I've been through something like that back home....similar types of nightmares I mean. If you don't mind tips from a stranger, I can tell you some of the stuff that helped me when I was going through the worst of it.

[shiro2hero]

Yeah. They have been.

... I'll take what I can get.

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

Alright. First of all, no matter how tempting is seems. Drinking coffee all night so you don't fall asleep is a terrible idea. Trust me, I've tried it. It makes everything worse. Especially if your dreams feel real. Or like another reality is seeping in.

I find writing helps if I wake up and can't get to sleep. Or even the morning after a bad nights sleep. Either a journal to get the thoughts out of my head, or the opposite of that. I'm a writer and so sometimes I'll work on a story. You don't have to be a good writer, or a writer at all but I suggest it because it gives you something you lack in your dreams. Control. When you write, you get to decide everything. That's helped me a lot when my dreams were of things I felt like I had no control over.

Writing before bed might help as well but then again, I might be a bit biased towards writing. Drawing might be an alternative if you're better at that. Anything that you can put yourself in full control of what you're making and makes you focus on it, rather the the dreams would be something I'd suggest.

Also it helps if you have things nearby that bring you back down to reality. I'd sometimes check in on my daughter, or look at a picture of my wife. Sometimes just making a list of moments that made me happy or laugh so that I could look at that if I needed to. Anything to get out of the mindset where I felt like darkness was closing in on me.

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[lionroll]

You can use Pokemon moves on people?! I thought that was like a big nono?!

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[shiro2hero]

[OOPS... TIME TO ELABORATE!]

Most are!

But some are actually helpful to people. Like hypnosis for people who can't sleep.

And things like "sweet scent" for people who need to stay calm in stress.

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[lionroll]

Whoa really?!

That's kinda cool

Also kinda weird

Is this something that's common knowledge?

[shiro2hero]

Some people know.

Especially the people who get electrocuted or Licked on a daily basis.

[lionroll]

Huh... I see...

And what happened in October?

[charcoalfeather]

oh um, no I haven't. thankfully.

but I have had pokemon that didn't want to do their moves when I asked them too.

is everything alright? you're not hurt, are you?

[shiro2hero]

Does that happen a lot?

I'm not hurt. Sorry. Didn't mean to scare anyone.

[charcoalfeather]

that's good, at least.

it happens sometimes, mostly with the pokemon you get when someone you know disappears. sometimes they don't want to do anything you want them to.

[shiro2hero]

I haven't run into that yet...

The only one left to me, I got when he was just a baby.

[charcoalfeather]

oh, well sometimes they mellow out as they get older. I still have one that gets picky though.

then... maybe it's something else?

um, have you seen any drowzee around?